Okazaki: Yahagi Bridge
1833–34 · Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858)
- Year
- 1833–34
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Original size
- 23 × 35 cm
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (impression 1916.939; many other impressions exist)
- Movement
- Ukiyo-e
- Series
- Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō
A daimyo's procession crosses a long wooden bridge on crossed timber piers, the retainers in straw hats strung out along its curving span over the river. Beyond the far end, the white walls and roofs of Okazaki Castle rise above the town, with reeds along the bank and blue mountains behind under a pale pink sky. The print is number thirty-nine in the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō, published by Hōeidō (Takenouchi Magohachi) in 1833–34. Okazaki, the thirty-eighth station, was the castle town where Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the shogunate, was born, and the Yahagi Bridge was among the longest on the whole road; impressions vary in colour and condition.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A long red-brown bridge over deep blue water with soft blue mountains, for a living room, office or long hallway at 36×24 in black. It pairs with Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjō for two long bridges crowded with travellers.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Ukiyo-e painting
- Era
- 19th century (1833–34)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, home office, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, travelers, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
